More than a name: Meet a few of Pensacola s residents from 1821
Margo Stringfield and Brian Rucker
Special to the News Journal
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Editor s note: This is the 11th of a series of stories that will be featured in the Pensacola News Journal each week leading up to the 200th anniversary of Escambia County. Look for these stories each Monday in print.
West Florida Genealogical Society researchers have identified more than 2,200 individuals as being in Pensacola in 1821. Each person is more than just a name; each has a story to tell that links them to the community they lived in in 1821 and to the modern community they helped shape. It is not only the prominent person who often has name recognition, it is also the person who is not commonly written about by historians who leaves a mark. Here are just a few sketches of the people of Pensacola in 1821.